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Yesterday. that was good news. but right after that the pressure went up. that particular reactor, number three, a real problem. i wouldnt say by any means it has completely stabilized yet. >> one report i heard overnight suggests they could end up with makeshift pumping arrangements using the fire trucks and other methods and this could last for weeks, if not longer. any credence to that thought? >> they dont really talk about timetables here, because i think they dont want to get people kind o...

The two timetables dont sync up. there is probably a very serious chance that by the time anybody can get a plane in the air and by the time anything that can happen this civil war will be over. what well look at is instead dealing with gaddafi in control of the oil fields in control of his ports without any resistance to arm or deal with in the country so it may really be a moot point. >> bret: a.b., you saw both sides. democrats and republicans going after the undersecretary of state where wha...

The no fly zone resolution is days. the two timetables dont sync up. there is probably a very serious chance that by the time anybody can get a plane in the air and by the time anything that can happen this civil war will be over. what well look at is instead dealing with gaddafi in control of the oil fields in control of his ports without any resistance to arm or deal with in the country so it may really be a moot point. >> bret: a.b., you saw both sides. democrats and republicans going after t...

Petraeus testifying before the armed services committee yesterday. take a listen. >> we need to focus not just on the year ahead but increasingly, on the goal agreed at lisbon of having afghan forces in the lead throughout afghanistan by the end of 2014. >> were talking about leaving and staying all at the same time and that can be confusing. >> im also concerned about whether were sending mixed messages to both the american people and to the afghans. >> above your pay grade, there have been mix...

The long-term troop presence. >> were talking about leaving and staying all at the same time and that can be confusing. >> im also concerned about whether were sending mixed messages to both the american people and to the afghans. >> above your pay grade, there have been mixed messages about timetables or drawing down troops and about what our objectives in afghanistan should be. >> national journal senior correspondent yoki dreesen joins me now. what did you learn from general petraeus about th...

Therefore, if you arm the rebels, no matter who you arm there, its going to be illegal. and then also, j. carnie saying, its premature to send a bunch of weapons to a post office box in east libya. so you can tell where theyre heading with that, thats not what they want to do. the final thing would be ground troops that is definitely on the bottom. >> the whole idea of a no fly zone going through the u.n. that seems unlikely, given russia, china, there are a lot of countries that have already sa...

Country that is have said, theyre not interested in doing some no fly zone, so it would be up to nato, right? >> true. but what theyre doing right now, is kind of interesting, what theyre saying is, the way this would work is it would be based on triggers and on timetables. so they are watching, and thats why the surveillance flights by nato are very important, theyre watching very closely, they say. what gadhafi is doing, and what his troops are doing, if they perceive there was a type of gross...

But in the same breath, p.j. crowley says there is an arms embargo on libya. if you arm the rebels, no matter who you article, its illegal. its premature to send a bunch of weapons to a post office box in east libya. you can tell where theyre heading with that, thats not what they want to do. the final thing would be ground troops that is definitely on the got open. >> the whole idea of a no fly zone going through the u.n. that seems unlikely, given russia, china, there are a lot of country that...

This would work is it would be based on triggers and on timetables. so they are watching, and thats why the surveillance flights by nato are very important, theyre watching very closely, they say. what gadhafi is doing, and what his troops are doing, if they perceive there was a type of gross violation of human rights, something like that, that could become a trigger to then immediately move toward resolution and impose a no fly zoern. >> interesting to see how they define a gross violation. app...

In the immediate phase we dough need to get -- catch the momentum of whats going on but then channel the street to politics and to bargaining. and to get that going, i think we do need president mubarak to move aside. i think the u.s. here has a decisive role, particularly president obama and the u.s. military and its connections with the egyptian army. and then i think we can move into a proper transitional phase, i dont think we have very much time to be honest with you. >> the director of the...